Italy’s VNL squad
Setters: Simone Giannelli (Sir Susa Scai Perugia), Paolo Porro (Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza), Riccardo Sbertoli (Itas Trentino), Mattia Boninfante (Cucine Lube Civitanova).
Spikers: Tim Held (Sonepar Padova), Giulio Magalini (Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina), Alessandro Michieletto (Itas Trentino), Francesco Sani (Rana Verona), Mattia Bottolo (Cucine Lube Civitanova), Daniele Lavia (Itas Trentino), Luca Porro (Valsa Group Modena), Tommaso Ichino (Allianz Milan), Mattia Orioli (Sonepar Padova).
Middle Blockers: Francesco Comparoni (Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza), Lorenzo Cortesia (Rana Verona), Gianluca Galassi (Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza), Giovanni Sanguinetti (Valsa Group Modena), Roberto Russo (Sir Susa Scai Perugia), Pardo Mati (Valsa Group Modena), Andrea Truocchio (Sonepar Padova), Giovanni Gargiulo (Cucine Lube Civitanova), Leandro Mosca (Rana Verona).
Opposite Blockers: Kamil Rychilicki (Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle – POL), Yuri Romanò (Fakel Yamal – RUS), Alessandro Bovolenta (Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza), Tommaso Guzzo (Cisterna Volley).
Free Kickers: Gabriele Laurenzano (Itas Trentino), Fabio Balaso (Cucine Lube Civitanova), Matteo Staforini (Rana Verona), Domenico Pace (Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza).
The Azzurri’s schedule (Italian time)
Week 1 (June 10-15) Ottawa, Canada
June 10, 10:00 PM: Italy vs. France
June 11, 10:00 PM: Italy vs. Germany
June 14, 1:30 AM: Italy vs. Turkey
June 15, 12:00 AM: Italy vs. United States
Week 2 (June 24–28) Ljubljana, Slovenia
June 24, 1:00 PM: Italy vs. Bulgaria
June 25, 4:30 PM: Italy vs. Ukraine
June 26, 8:00 PM: Italy vs. Brazil
June 28, 8:30 PM: Italy vs. Slovenia
Week 3 (July 15-20) Kansai, Japan
July 15, 12:20 PM: Italy vs. Japan
July 16, 8:30 AM: Italy vs. Belgium
July 18, 8:00 PM 12:20 PM: Italy vs. Argentina
July 19, 8:30 AM: Italy vs. Cuba
Finals (July 29-August 2) Ningbo, China
